Prayers and Meditations — §230
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 230 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
شَهِدَ اللَّهُ لِنَفْسِهِ بِوَحْدانِيَّةِ نَفْسِهِ وَلِذاتِهِ بِفَرْدانِيَّةِ ذاتِهِ وَنَطَقَ بِلِسانِهِ فِي عَرْشِ بَقائِهِ وَعُلُوِّ كِبْرِيائِهِ بِأَنَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ هُو، لَمْ يَزَلْ كانَ مُوَحِّدَ ذاتِهِ بِذاتِهِ وَواصِفَ نَفْسِهِ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمُنْعِتَ كيْنُونَتِهِ بِكيْنُونَتِهِ وَإِنَّهُ هُو الْمُقْتَدِرُ الْعَزِيزُ الجَميلُ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
God testifieth to the unity of His Godhood and to the singleness of His own Being. On the throne of eternity, from the inaccessible heights of His station, His tongue proclaimeth that there is none other God but Him. He Himself, independently of all else, hath ever been a witness unto His own oneness, the revealer of His own nature, the glorifier of His own essence. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the Beauteous.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “testified” (26 occurrences)
hath 22% have 17% testified 11% borne 11% testifieth 11% witnesseth 6% pronounced 6% who 6% sweetness 6% pleasant 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: anotherfire-tabletFire §43: of OnenessgleaningsGWB §374: piouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §520: adore Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust
SE expanded to “of His own Being”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thine EssencegleaningsGWB §97: of the Ancient Beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: Thine own Essencewill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: self-subsistentgleaningsGWB §669: the naturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: Ancient of Days
oneness 41% unity 14% one 11% singleness 11% incomparable 10% peerless 3% lonely 3% paradise 3% transcendent 3% peer 1%
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “spoken”, “spoke” (43 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the MightygleaningsGWB §279: His thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: seatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §836: Thy mighty Thronethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: throne on highgleaningsGWB §609: His seat of glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: “behind the Throne.”
This form usually rendered as “incorruptible”, “survival”, “ancient” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: life would havefire-tabletFire §30: hiddengleaningsGWB §50: Ancient of Dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Remnant of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: immortalizetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: immortal lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: endureth
This form usually rendered as “loftiness”, “glory”, “sublime” (43 occurrences)
loftiness 27% glory 9% sublime 9% lofty 9% excellence 9% transcendent 9% heights 9% inaccessible 9% all-glorious 5% high-minded 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: upon themfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §453: the Most Exaltedkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: high be He upliftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: and this most augusttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: unto thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: most greatgleaningsGWB §240: for having disdainfully rejectedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: too mysteriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: disdainfullytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: eliminategleaningsGWB §213: stillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: pass away.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: wilt continue unto everlastingthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: passingwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: perpetually afflictedgleaningsGWB §555: be dispelled
This form usually rendered as “revealer” (1 occurrences)
attributes 66% description 7% describe 6% attribute 5% praise 4% virtues 3% all 3% describing 2% characterized 2% affirm 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: AttributesgleaningsGWB §94: the bearerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: ascribe toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: Thy virtuesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: thatgleaningsGWB §387: iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: be magnifiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: but the apprehension
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: debarredgleaningsGWB §205: the veilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: Thou keep me backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: powerless to withhold
This form usually rendered as “unchangeable” (4 occurrences)
SE expanded to “His own essence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: will befire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §71: of the universekitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: holdethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: “Be,”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: BeholdgleaningsGWB §103: Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: droveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: He it isgleaningsGWB §352: are both embodiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: He that isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: of the robe to which
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: couldfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §684: to thekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: dispensations of His providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Thine irrevocable purpose ordainedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: the gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §116: sanctity and glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: of Thy transcendent holinessthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: among whomgleaningsGWB §181: a little whilekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the divine Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: of Thy countenancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: of the rosewill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Abhá Beauty
